Sauger spotty. Six-pound walleye taken Tuesday off head of Plum Island near Starved Rock on orange floating jig with green tail and fathead minnow.

Forest preserves (STAR)

Lakes closed to ice fishing. Some panfish, bass at Busse, Tampier near open dams, culverts, runoffs.

Shabbona Lake (STAR)(STAR)

Panfish, some walleyes, early largemouth on nightcrawlers, but ice fishing dangerous. Open shore water cold.

Michiana (STAR)(STAR)

St. Joseph River high, steelhead slow. Interior lakes a week or so away.

Madison, Wis, (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)

Large perch at 30-35 feet off Burrows Park, also in 40 feet off Picnic Point on Mendota. Try spikes, susans, orange or chartreuse rockers. Crappies best on Cherokee. A few bluegills in Triangle on Monona.

Wolf River, Wis. (STAR)

River open at Winneconne bridge, but no walleye action. Maybe a week away.

Wisconsin River (STAR)(STAR)

Some walleyes 2-3-pounds at Castle Rock dam, slowed by two-inch snow early in week.